APEC meet

Leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member nations met in Vladivostok, Russia to discuss ways for regional development amid fragile world economic recovery. 
The meeting which focuses on trade and investment liberalization and regional economic integration, food security, supply chains and cooperation to foster innovative growth, is of the theme “Integrate to Grow, Innovate to Prosper” .
With the 21 member nations, APEC accounts for approximately 40 per cent of the world’s population, around 57 per cent of world GDP and about 48 per cent of global trade.